Meeting abstract
NURSES AND TECHNICIANS OPINIONS ON NURSING DOCUMENTATION IN ELECTRONIC FORM
Irena Kukić Vukoja
orcid.org/0000-0001-9718-6427
; General County Hospital Požega, Osječka 107, Požega, Croatia
Štefica Mikšić
; Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Crkvena 21, Osijek, Croatia
Đimoti Renata
; General County Hospital Požega, Osječka 107, Požega, Croatia
Marija Karlić
; General County Hospital Požega, Osječka 107, Požega, Croatia
Abstract
Introduction: Nursing documentation in electronic form is an integral part of medical documentation and also presents a legal obligation for nurses and technicians. The goal of nursing documentation is to systematically monitor, plan, implement, control what has been achieved, evaluate the patient's condi-tion and not just checking what has been done.
Objectives: To examine the level of IT education of nurses/technicians on the basic of knowledge and skill self-assessment, to compare the opinions with regard to age and level of education, and to exam-ine whether there are differences in the opinions of nurses/technicians with regard to the self-assessed level of IT knowledge and skills.
Methods: The survey was conducted between February and April 2019 in the General County Hospital of Požega among nurses and technicians employed in the hospital. The survey was carried out through an anonymous questionnaire, "Implementing Sister's Documentation into an Information Health Sys-tem" - ISDIZS questionnaire. Structure of study: cross-sectional study.
Results: A total of 111 respondents participated in the study, 15 (13 %) medical technicians and 96(87 %) nurses with a total average age of 44 years. 49 (44 %) of the respondents has basic knowledge and skills to handle the information system. Seniors with secondary education consider that electronic nursing document management is not easy to handle (P = 0.02) and that it slows down the nurse/technician in the process (P = 0.006). Nurses/technicians with higher education takes the view that nursing documentation is simple and fully applicable. Respondents who have low level of basic IT knowledge and skills on average have a very negative view of nursing documentation in electronic form (average of 42 %).
Conclusion: A low level of basic knowledge and skills in the information system management was identified. Older respondents are more susceptible and have more negative view of the electronic rec-ord of nursing documentation than the respondents from a younger age group. Higher-educated nurs-es/technicians accept nursing documentation in electronic form and they are more prompt to educate their senior colleagues.
Keywords
hospital information system; electronic record; nurse/technician
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Publication date:
31.12.2019.
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